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California ‘King Tides’ Hit; Are Rising Sea Levels A Sign Of Climate Change?
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on December 30th, 2013
International Business Times: Starting Monday, Californians can expect high tides to reach higher than normal. The arrival of the West Coast’s annual “king tides,” a twice-yearly phenomenon that brings occasional flooding, signals the alignment of the sun and moon, which creates maximum pull on the Earth’s oceans.
From Dec. 30 until about Jan. 2, California’s high tides will peak at an estimated 7.1 feet above average low tide, a National Weather Service representative told KPCC Radio. That’s about 1.5 feet higher than Los...
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New study says Arctic ice melt and extreme weather conditions linked
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on December 9th, 2013
International Business Times: The new study published in the journal “Nature Climate Change,” warned of increasingly extreme weather across "much of North America and Eurasia where billions of people will be affected,” Reuters reported. The new findings have further roiled a debate on the impact of global warming on climate change, as international scientists and studies differ significantly on whether human-caused global warming is responsible for climate change or not.
"The study contributes to a growing body of evidence...
Climate Council warns Australia brace for more raging bushfires, longer heatwaves
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on December 9th, 2013
International Business Times: The Climate Council has warned Australia to prepare for more frequent and intense bushfires. The council, which was formerly funded by the Australian government before Prime Minister Tony Abbott scrapped the body, will release its report concerning the risks of bushfires.
The Climate Council's chief Tim Flannery said that although bushfires in Australia are nothing new, there was a growing possibility that more will happen in the future. Mr Flannery said climate change will increase the risk of...
Global warming may increase daily variability of India’s monsoon rainfall: study
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on June 22nd, 2013
International Business Times: The findings have been revealed at a time when floods have killed more than 550 people and destroyed unaccounted properties in North India.
Scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany used a comprehensive set of 20 state-of-the-art climate models to predict the extent of weather changes in the wake of global warming.
The models consistently show that future global warming might increase the daily variability of Indian monsoon rainfall. According to Anders...
Natural disasters are hitting harder, and not because of global warming
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on March 21st, 2013
International Business Times: If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be in the middle of a massive typhoon, the first thing you should know is that it depends entirely on where you’re standing.
“It can be terrifying, really,” said James Reynolds, a storm chaser based in Hong Kong. He was on the Japanese island of Okinawa on the morning of Sept. 16, 2012, just as Typhoon Sanba rolled in with maximum sustained winds of about 103 miles per hour and gusts reaching 127.
“We’re talking about the wind screaming so loudly that...
Climate Change Has Cost Ski Industry $1B Already
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on December 7th, 2012
International Business Times: According to a new economic analysis from nonprofit groups Protect Our Winters, or POW, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC, the United States’ $12.2 billion winter tourism industry has experienced an estimated $1 billion loss and up to 27,000 fewer jobs over the last decade due to diminished snowfall patterns and the resulting changes of Americans’ outdoor habits.
The report’s authors, University of New Hampshire researchers Elizabeth Burakowski and Matthew Magnusson, warn that...
Slash meat consumption to save planet, warn scientists
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on June 22nd, 2012
International Business Times: Eating less meat and recycling waste will rebalance the global carbon cycle and will help to tackle global warming, according to a new report.
Researchers from the University of Exeter have claimed that people should eat less meat to tackle climate change. The discovery was made when they were studying meat consumption across the world.
A new study has found that eating less meat and recycle waste will rebalance the global carbon cycle and it will help to tackle global warming." /> Previous...
New study points to lesser monsoon rains in South Asia due to aerosol pollution
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on September 30th, 2011
International Business Times: In a study published by the journal Science, researchers concluded that at least 10 percent of monsoon rains that normally soak the South Asian region, specifically the central and northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, were lost from 1950 through 1999 due to increasing consumption of fossil fuels.
Rainfalls from the month of June to September saw significant declines in the region during much the observed period, the study showed, as they were dried up by particles and carbon dioxide emissions...
Rising Temperatures Cause Record Melting of Arctic Ice
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on August 8th, 2011
International Business Times: "One year doesn't say too much in and of itself, but the long-term downward trend and the series of very low years is indicative of a thinner ice cover and warming temperatures," Walt Meier, a National Snow and Ice Data Center scientist said in an email to Bloomberg.
The vanishing ice represents a significant piece of evidence for scientists who have been closely watching Arctic ice levels as an indication of the extent of climate change.
"Arctic sea-ice decline is perhaps the best evidence...
Yellowstone Set for Transformative Wildfires as Climate Changes
Posted by International Business Times: None Given on July 26th, 2011
International Business Times: These finds are the result of a study published online in the July 25 edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It argues that years when no wildfires break out will become a rarity by 2050, and by 2075, ravaging fires will become the norm.
"What surprised us about our results was the speed and scale of the projected changes in fire in Greater Yellowstone," said Professor Anthony Westerling of the University of California, Merced.
"We expected fire to increase...